Shoe-tongue pad



R. A. FOX.

SHOE TONGUE PAD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, |919. 1,355,323. Patented Ot. 12, 1920.

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RAPHAEL A. FOX, GF NEW YORK, N'. Y.

SHOE-TONGUE PAD.

Application filed .Tune 17,

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RAPHAEL A. FOX, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-TonguePads, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to pads to be applied to the inner surface of thetongues of shoes, and the purpose of the present invention is to providea shoe tongue pad which may be conveniently applied to the tongue of ashoe without sewing or the use of special appliances. f

i present my invention herein as embodied in a shoe tongue pad of thecharacter dis-Y closed in Letters Patent No. '1,275,895 granted to me onAugust 13, V1918.

Shoe tongue pads are sold in pairs to persons desiring to use the same,and some inconvenience has resulted in the matter of securing the padsto the tongues of shoes.

My invention comprises the application to the front of a shoe tongue padof a layer of material, such as thin linen, carrying a gummed surfacewhich, when moistened and applied to the tongue of a shoe, will resultin the shoe tongue pad being secured in position. l preferably form theshoe tongue pad from felt, as disclosed in the aforesaid Letters Patent,and while sewing the two layers of the felt together, utilize the same.stitching for securing the gummed layer on the outer face of the pad.Preferably also the layer of fabric having the gummed surface is securedonly at its longitudinal central portion to the pad, thereby leaving thepad without restriction to adjust itself to the shoe tongue and the footof the wearer.

rEhe invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe equipped with a shoe tongue padembodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a detached rear elevation of my shoe tongue pad;

Fig. 3 is a detached front elevation of my shoe tongue pad andillustrates the layer of gummed fabric to be applied against the backsurface of a shoe tongue;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same specification of LettersPatent. Y Patented 00h 12, .192g

'1 919, serial No. 304,794.

taken about on ,the dotted line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a corresponding section showing the application of the pad tothe-tongue of t shoe, the tongue of the shoe being in secion.

In the drawings 10 designates a conventional form of shoe having atongue 11 equipped withthe shoe tongue pad lof my invention.

l preferably form the pad, numbered 12 as a whole, of two plies 13, 14,of felt or other suitable soft material. rlhe ply 13 may besubstantially co-eXtensive in length and width with the tongue 11. Theply 14 is shorter and narrower than the main ply and is preferablystitched or otherwise fastened along the central portion of the mainply. Theply 14 is intended to engage the foot of the wearer, andconsequently is located on the rear face of the ply 13. On the front aceof the ply 13 I secure a layer 15 of suitable strong thin fabric havinga gummed surface 16. The layer 15 may be of about the same proportionsas tolength and width, as the ply 14. The layer 15 may be of linen, andthe said layer and the ply 14 may 'be secured to the ply 13 at the sametime by a central line of stitching 17 extending longitudinally of thepad. By preferencethe layer 15 will only be secured along a central lineso as to leave the same with two Vfree sides or wings 18, 19, whosepresence permits the plies 13, 14 to readily adapt themselves to theshoe tongue 11 and` to the foot ofthe wearer. I do not desire, however,to limit the invention exclusively to the manner of fastening theseveral parts of the pad together.

l/Vhen the pad is to be applied to the tongue of a shoe the gummedsurface of the layer 15 will be moistened, and the pad will then beapplied against the inner surface of the tongue of the shoe, with thelayer 15 pressed against said tongue so as to adhere thereto. Theadherence of the layer 15 to the tongue of the shoe maintains the pad inposition against said tongue and dispenses with the use of clamps,sewing and other means and methods of securing the shoe tongue pad inplace. The gummed layer 15 permits a purchaser of a pair of Shoe tonguepads to conveniently apply the same to position, the pads themselvescarrying the means for their application and only requiring a wetting ofthe layer 15 when the pads are to be placed against the tongues 11.

What l claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

Y 1. A shoe tongue pad of soft pliable material and carrying at thefront face Vthereof a layer of gulnrned fabric for adhesion to the saidtongue,xsaidfabric being secured to the pad only along a portion of thesurface thereof so as to allow the pad to retain its pliablecharacterand yield to the varying conditions of the tongue and the foot of thewearer.

2. A shoe tongue pad ofy soft pliable material and having at the frontface thereof pliable character andyield to the varying f' conditions ofthe tongue and the foot of the wearer. Y

. 4. A shoetongue pad of soft pliable niaterial comprising two' plies,one'being longer than the other, and a layer of gurnrned fabric ofabout-the same size as the smaller of said plies and securedV to oneface of the longer ply, said plies and said layer all beving securedtogether by a line ofV sewing extending longitudinally of the pad, andthe side portions of said layer being free of said Vlonger ply, so as toallow the pad to retain its pliable character and yield to the varyingconditions of the tongue and the foot of the wearer. p

5. A shoe tongue pad of soft pliable Inaterial and having at the frontface thereof an adhesive layer for use in securing the pad to the tongueof a slice, said layer being of .l

adequate area to engage the tongue and only secured to the pad along alimited por tion of the surface thereof, so as to allow the pad toretain its pliable character and yield to the varying conditions of thetongue and the foot of the wearer.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 14th day of June, A. D. 1919. Y

RAPHAEL SA.. Fox.

WVitnesses:

ARTHUR MARION, j CEAS. C. GILL.

